The burning ashes

Two years later--

Residence of the Governor of the Ancestral Continent (formerly the Palace of the King of the Black Sun Kingdom)

"What do you mean production decreased again?!" The person sitting at the governor's desk stood up and hit his desk with his palms

It was not known whether that *person* was twenty or fifty years old. His features were young, but his forehead was full of wrinkled lines from knitting his eyebrows. His eyes were strong and focused, but the skin around them was dark, and their whites were full of red lines due to the lake of sleep. His hair was black and went down to his shoulders, but the white hair had begun appearing from overthinking, his fingers with which he hit the desk are tight and strong, but their tips are bloody and uneven, a sign that he is eating them to relieve his anxiety.